MIT scientist Ed Boyden invented a way to implant optical fibers into your brain and activate them on command using light. As neurons are turned on and off, the researchers can see what the circuits do. »5/16/11 10:00pm 5/16/11 10:00pm

If you've dabbled in Christmas decorations with traditional Christmas lights, you'll know that when one bulb blows, the entire line goes out with it. Why is that? Because of how the manufacturers wire them. »12/25/10 5:00pm 12/25/10 5:00pm

San Francisco electro artist Moldover, like Beck before him, figured out a way to make physical music purchases superior to digital: Embrace the physical. In Moldover's case, that meant cramming an actual working theremin into the CD case. »8/29/09 4:10pm 8/29/09 4:10pm

Circuit City's
price guarantee »10/11/08 6:30pm 10/11/08 6:30pm was always a little wonky: the only prices they'd match were from local brick-and-mortar vendors, which excludes even their own online site. But sneaky tipster Kevin has caught wind that Circuit City, in the midst of and/or , is due to accept any verifiable price, from any retailer,…

From
toy guitars »8/28/08 3:30pm 8/28/08 3:30pm to the , modders have been taking cute, cuddly kids' toys and transforming them into the demented, terrifying instruments of your nightmares for years now. The folks at OObject have collected a whole album's worth of these twisted circuit-bent toy tunes for your listening displeasure. []